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Columbia County

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Incorporated Date:

December 10, 1790

Population:

110,627

Total Area:

290.0 sq mi

Contact Information

P.O. Box 498

Evans, GA30809

Phone Number:

(706) 312-7388

Fax Number:

(706) 868-3348

Columbia County, established in 1790, lies along the Savannah River, its lands once home to busy cotton plantations. Quakers settled the area, choosing to name their county for an explorer, Christopher Columbus, rather than for a military man as was often the custom. John Appling, the original pioneer of the area, gave his name to the county seat.